Lets create a set, or multiple sets of rules that are universal, clear, able to be uniformly enforced, and create a system of redress of grievances. Con artists and power hungry sociopaths have trouble with rules when they aren't the ones dictating them. This forum is amazing when it comes together and upholds the standards that make it great. Lets make some basic, clear, enforceable, and just rules that don't end up causing more trouble than they are preventing. Then we can finally tell the resident forum Barney Fife's to go pound sand when they try to accuse and harass others to increase their own influence.
A lot of it will still be subjective - like anything there are always grey areas.
The idea of a charter of community values can bring the different fractions together. There will be some things that everyone can agree upon and the more controversial issues can be discussed and will also result in more clarity.
The aim is to make it harder for scammers and spammers.
Community division between the honest users of bitcointalk will make it more difficult to take on spammers and scammers than if everyone supports a set of values and tries to resolve their differences in an amicable and transparent way.
Since the increase in DT-members, I've already noticed an increase in red tags. I can imagine a new user easily feels threatened, and I can also imagine many users don't mean bad. I'm not talking about the obvious and less obvious scammers that deserve red trust (and continue scamming with the next account), I'm talking about the "gray" cases in between.
I'd hate to see the supply of real new users dry up because of this. When someone isn't a clear scammer, don't they deserve the benefit of the doubt?
I'd like to add to this topic: before leaving feedback, ask yourself if your feedback makes the forum better, and (if applicable) is it worth destroying someone's reputation?
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I agree and will add this to the list of things to discusss.